Authorize amendment to the current contract with Kirby A. Kennedy & Associates by increasing the total compensation by an additional $35,000 for court reporting services; and extend the contract term until December 31, 2009.

Accept $10,000 from Minnesota Department of Health to train property owners and contractors who will be remodeling, rehabilitating and renovating properties built before 1978; and Approve appropriation.

Extend agreement with Dakota County Technical College for five months, through April 30, 2009, and increase amount by $25,000, for sworn and non-sworn personnel to attend training; and Issue Request for Proposals for driver training facility rental.

a) Approve project layout of 13th St S from Nicollet Mall to the intersection of Grant St and 2nd Ave S; and b) Accept a Federal Transportation Enhancement Fund Grant in the amount of $714,400 and increase the appropriation for the project.

T&PW Committee Action: Approved

Action Taken: Approved, as amended by adding the following:
1. That the General Fund appropriation for $230,000 be zeroed out at this time.

2. Public Works will return to Committee upon project completion and adjust other revenue sources including net debt bond and sales tax revenue to reflect the federal funding that will be available to replace these revenue sources.

Authorize CPED Planning Staff to apply for a matching federal Certified Local Government grant through the Minnesota Historical Society in the amount of $30,000 to complete the historic resource survey of the City of Minneapolis.

T&PW Committee Action: Staff directed as follows:
— Remove from consideration all projects 90% or more complete.
— Consider possibility of re-scoping any projects or obligations listed as the City’s portion of county or state projects.
— Of remaining projects, add the amount of money that is available, plus any matching funds or other sources of funding that would go into those projects (other than General Fund money), to illustrate the impact any particular project would have on the budget.
— Regarding projects identified that could be segmented – identify the impact on the infrastructure and the affected neighborhood, and how much could be saved in 2010.
— Report at Ways & Means/Budget Committee on 2/2/09 on the possibility of supplanting 2009 Accelerated Infrastructure dollars with net debt bonds, on a one-time basis, which could free up dollars in 2009.

Execute 2009 agreement with Hennepin County whereby the City will reimburse the County for the actual and legally required cost of detaining inmates arrested by the Police Department at the Hennepin County Adult Detention Facility.